Watermill (ballet)
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Watermill is a ballet by New York City Ballet
balletmaster Jerome Robbins
to Teiji Ito's
eponymous music from the previous year with costumes by Patricia Zipprodt
, lighting by Jennifer Tipton
and décor by Robbins in association with Davie Reppa. The premiere took place on Thursday, February 3rd, 1972, at the New York State Theater
, Lincoln Center
.
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Leon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company...
balletmaster Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins was an American theater producer, director, and choreographer known primarily for Broadway Theater and Ballet/Dance, but who also occasionally directed films and directed/produced for television. His work has included everything from classical ballet to contemporary musical theater...
to Teiji Ito's
Teiji Ito
was a Japanese composer and performer. He is best known for his scores for the avant-garde films by Maya Deren.Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan into a theatrical family. His father, Yuji Itō, was a composer and costume designer, and his mother, Teiko Ono, was a dancer who worked in both traditional...
eponymous music from the previous year with costumes by Patricia Zipprodt
Patricia Zipprodt
Patricia Zipprodt was an American costume designer. She was known for her technique of painting fabrics and thoroughly researching a project's subject matter, especially when it was a period piece...
, lighting by Jennifer Tipton
Jennifer Tipton
Jennifer Tipton is a lighting designer. She has designed for dance, theater and opera.In 1958, she graduated from Cornell University...
and décor by Robbins in association with Davie Reppa. The premiere took place on Thursday, February 3rd, 1972, at the New York State Theater
New York State Theater
The David H. Koch Theater is a theater for ballet and opera, part of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts located at the intersection of Columbus Avenue and 63rd Street in New York City, United States. Originally named the New York State Theater, the house has been home to both the New York...
, Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of New York City's Upper West Side. Reynold Levy has been its president since 2002.-History and facilities:...
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- Penny Dudleston
- Tracy Bennett
- Deni Lamont
- Colleen Neary
- Edward VillellaEdward VillellaEdward Villella is an American ballet dancer and choreographer, frequently cited as America's most celebrated male dancer at the time....
- Hermes Conde
- Jean-Pierre Frohlich
- Bart Cook
- Victor Castelli
- Robert Maiorano
2008 Spring — Jerome Robbins celebration
- Kaitlyn Gilliland
- Nikolaj HübbeNikolaj HübbeNikolaj Hübbe is artistic director of the Royal Danish Ballet. He was born on 30 October th, 1967, and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark. He began his dance training at age 10 at the Royal Danish Ballet School and became an apprentice to the Royal Danish Ballet in 1984. He was promoted soloist in 1988....
- Zachary Catazaro
- Matthew Renko
- Adam Hendrickson
Articles
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50A11F63C591A7493C2A81789D85F468785F9NY Times by Donal HenahanDonal HenahanDonal Henahan is a retired American music critic and journalist who had lengthy associations with the Chicago Daily News and The New York Times...
, February 10th, 1972] - http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60B14FE3F591A7493C1A81789D85F468785F9NY Times by Clive BarnesClive Barnes (critic)Clive Alexander Barnes, CBE was a British-born American writer and critic. From 1965 to 1977 he was the dance and theater critic for the New York Times, the most powerful position he had held, since its theater critics' reviews historically have had great influence on the success or failure of...
, February 13th, 1972]
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0A10F9355A137B93CAA9178ED85F468785F9NY Times by Clive BarnesClive Barnes (critic)Clive Alexander Barnes, CBE was a British-born American writer and critic. From 1965 to 1977 he was the dance and theater critic for the New York Times, the most powerful position he had held, since its theater critics' reviews historically have had great influence on the success or failure of...
, May 8th, 1972] - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CEFD7163CF930A35755C0A966958260NY Times by Anna KisselgoffAnna KisselgoffAnna Kisselgoff is a dance critic and cultural news reporter for the New York Times. She began at the Times as a dance critic and cultural news reporter in 1968, and became its Chief Dance Critic in 1977, a role she held until 2005...
, June 3rd, 1990]
Reviews
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0714F93C591A7493C6A91789D85F468785F9NY Times by Clive BarnesClive Barnes (critic)Clive Alexander Barnes, CBE was a British-born American writer and critic. From 1965 to 1977 he was the dance and theater critic for the New York Times, the most powerful position he had held, since its theater critics' reviews historically have had great influence on the success or failure of...
, February 4th, 1972]
- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/05/arts/dance/05seas.htmlNY Times by Alastair MacaulayAlastair MacaulayAlastair Macaulay is a dance critic for the New York Times. He was previously chief dance critic at The Times Literary Supplement and chief theater critic of the Financial Times, both of London...
, May 5th, 2008]